Free Will
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Comment from Dorothy Farrell
Hi Brooke - A very good philosophical poem and I love the subtle references to the words of Shakespeare rearranged - 'the stuff that dreams are made of and 'all the world's a stage' - Oh - Just read your author notes and you already explain this. A lovely poem and I'd like to think we had complete free will - maybe tell the tax man we do not want to pay our taxes this year. Kind regards Dorothy x
reply by the author on 09-Sep-2014
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Hi Brooke - A very good philosophical poem and I love the subtle references to the words of Shakespeare rearranged - 'the stuff that dreams are made of and 'all the world's a stage' - Oh - Just read your author notes and you already explain this. A lovely poem and I'd like to think we had complete free will - maybe tell the tax man we do not want to pay our taxes this year. Kind regards Dorothy x
Comment Written 09-Sep-2014
reply by the author on 09-Sep-2014
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Dorothy, thank you so much :-) We do have free will to ignore the tax man - we just need to be willing to accept the consequences of our actions. Heck, I have the free will to rob a bank, but then society has the free will to lock me up for it. Brooke
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well said - and so true - we can can't we! Fat lot of good it's doing us. D x
Comment from mfowler
I love intelligent poems. You have examined, so eloquently, one of the big questions of life in this. I've heard this said stance on the purpose of life before, but never put so succinctly and convincingly. Allusions to Shakespeare (As You Like It, methinks) in the stage metaphor suggest a fatalistic model of preordained destiny, but you debunk this simplistic model so easily by asking the relevant questions:
what would be my purpose here,
the slave and not the overseer,
life's pawn and not its engineer?
Who'd bid me live to disappear?
Love it!
reply by the author on 09-Sep-2014
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I love intelligent poems. You have examined, so eloquently, one of the big questions of life in this. I've heard this said stance on the purpose of life before, but never put so succinctly and convincingly. Allusions to Shakespeare (As You Like It, methinks) in the stage metaphor suggest a fatalistic model of preordained destiny, but you debunk this simplistic model so easily by asking the relevant questions:
what would be my purpose here,
the slave and not the overseer,
life's pawn and not its engineer?
Who'd bid me live to disappear?
Love it!
Comment Written 09-Sep-2014
reply by the author on 09-Sep-2014
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Thank you so very much, Mark :-) I so appreciate your insightful observations and generous sixth star :-) Yes, as you like it. Brooke
Comment from J. Dark
I loved this thought-provoking piece which asks the most poignant of questions. Fabulous formatting and it is refreshing to see this style. I enjoyed this very much.
Kindest of regards,
Julie :-)
reply by the author on 09-Sep-2014
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I loved this thought-provoking piece which asks the most poignant of questions. Fabulous formatting and it is refreshing to see this style. I enjoyed this very much.
Kindest of regards,
Julie :-)
Comment Written 09-Sep-2014
reply by the author on 09-Sep-2014
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Julie, how good to hear from you :-) Thanks so much. Brooke
Comment from Acquired Taste
A more introspect and slightly shaded side of this poet...
I particularly like this poem Brooke - the phrases: a script from which I cannot stray, directed by some puppeteer - thought provoking. I had a puppet master in my mind as a cross between Rod Serling and Ghandi...
Go girl - I like this. Jean
reply by the author on 09-Sep-2014
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A more introspect and slightly shaded side of this poet...
I particularly like this poem Brooke - the phrases: a script from which I cannot stray, directed by some puppeteer - thought provoking. I had a puppet master in my mind as a cross between Rod Serling and Ghandi...
Go girl - I like this. Jean
Comment Written 09-Sep-2014
reply by the author on 09-Sep-2014
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Jean, thank you so much :-) Brooke
Comment from Larissa B
Hi, Brooke, this is a very well thought out and executed piece. I have not read much of Shakespear nor do I profess to remember the little bit I've read. Lol!
But I love the depth of your poem. It is almost dark & you are usually not. ;) ;)
I also love Miranda's artwork. ;)
Larissa
reply by the author on 09-Sep-2014
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Hi, Brooke, this is a very well thought out and executed piece. I have not read much of Shakespear nor do I profess to remember the little bit I've read. Lol!
But I love the depth of your poem. It is almost dark & you are usually not. ;) ;)
I also love Miranda's artwork. ;)
Larissa
Comment Written 09-Sep-2014
reply by the author on 09-Sep-2014
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Larissa, thank you so very much for your thoughtful and generous response to this poem :-) Brooke
Comment from Giddy Nielsen-Sweep
Your words are very appropriate, in light of your author notes, Brooke. A cleverly devised poem, I thought. Most enjoyable to read, well done, Giddy
reply by the author on 09-Sep-2014
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Your words are very appropriate, in light of your author notes, Brooke. A cleverly devised poem, I thought. Most enjoyable to read, well done, Giddy
Comment Written 09-Sep-2014
reply by the author on 09-Sep-2014
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Giddy, thank you so much :-) Brooke
Comment from CR Delport
I think that guy from Cosmos said it perfectly: We are all made of star stuff :) I think in many way we are puppets, but not in the hands of a god, but in the hands of people who try to force you what to do and what to believe. As always, this is very well written.
reply by the author on 09-Sep-2014
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I think that guy from Cosmos said it perfectly: We are all made of star stuff :) I think in many way we are puppets, but not in the hands of a god, but in the hands of people who try to force you what to do and what to believe. As always, this is very well written.
Comment Written 09-Sep-2014
reply by the author on 09-Sep-2014
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Thanks so much, CR :-) Brooke
Comment from Raoul D'Harmental
Hi Brooke,
This is excellent yet again and particularly for its references to the great bard's works. Indeed, I wonder which would be best - grim reality, to be the stuff dreams or actors on a stage? The latter two seem preferable to me and might explain a few incomprehensible events in the world today! R
reply by the author on 09-Sep-2014
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Hi Brooke,
This is excellent yet again and particularly for its references to the great bard's works. Indeed, I wonder which would be best - grim reality, to be the stuff dreams or actors on a stage? The latter two seem preferable to me and might explain a few incomprehensible events in the world today! R
Comment Written 09-Sep-2014
reply by the author on 09-Sep-2014
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Raoul, thank you so much :-) Brooke
Comment from Tomes Johnston
This is yet another beautiful and inspirational poem that the author has created with this piece of work. This is indeed a beautiful picture and the poem does it justice.
reply by the author on 09-Sep-2014
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This is yet another beautiful and inspirational poem that the author has created with this piece of work. This is indeed a beautiful picture and the poem does it justice.
Comment Written 09-Sep-2014
reply by the author on 09-Sep-2014
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Tomes, thank you so much :-) Brooke
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My pleasure
Comment from amahra
The Tempest, where he states, "We are such stuff as dreams are made of..." [OMG! I'm so glad you've enlightened me. And all this time I thought the writer in Humphrey Bogart's "The Maltese Falcon... When Bogie says at the end of the movie, "The stuffs that dreams are made off" Thank you so much. I didn't know that came from The Tempest.
reply by the author on 09-Sep-2014
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The Tempest, where he states, "We are such stuff as dreams are made of..." [OMG! I'm so glad you've enlightened me. And all this time I thought the writer in Humphrey Bogart's "The Maltese Falcon... When Bogie says at the end of the movie, "The stuffs that dreams are made off" Thank you so much. I didn't know that came from The Tempest.
Comment Written 09-Sep-2014
reply by the author on 09-Sep-2014
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Thanks so much, Amahra :-) Brooke
